Posted on 04/27/2025 10:49:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season was rescued twice in four days, after he returned to look for his mobile phone.
The Chinese student, who lives in Japan, was first rescued by helicopter on Tuesday while on the Fujinomiya trail, which sits about 3,000m (9,800ft) above sea level.
He was unable to descend the trail after he lost his crampons...
But days later, he returned to the mountain to retrieve belongings that he left behind, including his phone. He was rescued again on Saturday after suffering from altitude sickness...
Due to harsh conditions, people are discouraged from climbing Mount Fuji outside of the official climbing season that starts in early July and ends in early September.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
“”Just someone who cares about the free exchange of ideas, preferably good ones....and great quotes.””
AND evidently vulgar remarks!
Gov. Tim Waltz was just about to ask the same question.
Indeed!
Back in the day, three of us (very physically fit) climbed the mountain in late September or early October. We had the mountain to ourselves, were making good time, and passed several of the higher stations. There was no ice or snow at the levels we reached.
Visibility became pretty dense, 10 to 20 feet, and the young (our age) mountain police turned us back. We were not so easily persuaded, went down off the trail, worked our way up and around the police only to run into more.
We weren't quite sure whether the police could arrest us, but they were clearly working together and we finally said "the hell with it", we would come back another day (didn't happen).
We turned around and when out of sight ran down the side of the mountain, falling and flying all the way. It was the most fun I ever had climbing, but we were not at all prepared for ice or snow.
Crampon is a word used by the fairer sex, immediately followed by a day of the week and preceded by “I had a…”
The Chinese student, who lives in Japan,
Yep my bad, sorry.
:)
I admit that’s the first thing that comes to mind.
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